Vista - use the Sleep button as a shutdown button

i have a wireless keyboard. On that keyboard is a button with a picture of a
crescent moon.

in windows 2000, windows xp and server 2003, i can configure that button in
the power options so with 1 press it shuts down my computer (complete power
off), and thats the way i like it.

I go into power options and select the option "turn off my computer" in the
"when i press the sleep button" drop down menu.

Vista has stolen this function from me. I go into control panel and into the
power options, and all i can do with the sleep button is set it to hibernate
or set my computer to go to sleep mode. I have been through all the options
in the advanced boxes and there is not "turn off option".

If i look at the options available for the power button i have the shutdown
option in there, but the shutdown option is not given as an option for the
sleep button.

i have tried using both the keyboard software rom the manufacturer, and
microsofts intellitype, but neither make any changes, its still seen as a
sleep button.

If anyone has had anything similar please let me know, especially if you
have solved it, otherwise its me and a copy of regmon and filemon and a
wasted evening trying to solve this when i could be trying to drink the local
pub dry instead.

Thanks very much

BIOS!

--
John the West Ham fan
housetrained@hotmail.com
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"podger" <podger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i have a wireless keyboard. On that keyboard is a button with a picture of
>a
> crescent moon.
>
> in windows 2000, windows xp and server 2003, i can configure that button
> in
> the power options so with 1 press it shuts down my computer (complete
> power
> off), and thats the way i like it.
>
> I go into power options and select the option "turn off my computer" in
> the
> "when i press the sleep button" drop down menu.
>
> Vista has stolen this function from me. I go into control panel and into
> the
> power options, and all i can do with the sleep button is set it to
> hibernate
> or set my computer to go to sleep mode. I have been through all the
> options
> in the advanced boxes and there is not "turn off option".
>
> If i look at the options available for the power button i have the
> shutdown
> option in there, but the shutdown option is not given as an option for the
> sleep button.
>
> i have tried using both the keyboard software rom the manufacturer, and
> microsofts intellitype, but neither make any changes, its still seen as a
> sleep button.
>
> If anyone has had anything similar please let me know, especially if you
> have solved it, otherwise its me and a copy of regmon and filemon and a
> wasted evening trying to solve this when i could be trying to drink the
> local
> pub dry instead.
>
> Thanks very much

Cheers for the hint, would you care to elaborate which power settings in the
BIOS need tweaking?

Thanks very much

"housetrained" wrote:

> BIOS!
>
> --
> John the West Ham fan
> housetrained@hotmail.com
> <><
> "podger" <podger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news7B6B1A2-DBE0-4444-89FD-2FA54C66F36A@microsoft.com...
> >i have a wireless keyboard. On that keyboard is a button with a picture of
> >a
> > crescent moon.
> >
> > in windows 2000, windows xp and server 2003, i can configure that button
> > in
> > the power options so with 1 press it shuts down my computer (complete
> > power
> > off), and thats the way i like it.
> >
> > I go into power options and select the option "turn off my computer" in
> > the
> > "when i press the sleep button" drop down menu.
> >
> > Vista has stolen this function from me. I go into control panel and into
> > the
> > power options, and all i can do with the sleep button is set it to
> > hibernate
> > or set my computer to go to sleep mode. I have been through all the
> > options
> > in the advanced boxes and there is not "turn off option".
> >
> > If i look at the options available for the power button i have the
> > shutdown
> > option in there, but the shutdown option is not given as an option for the
> > sleep button.
> >
> > i have tried using both the keyboard software rom the manufacturer, and
> > microsofts intellitype, but neither make any changes, its still seen as a
> > sleep button.
> >
> > If anyone has had anything similar please let me know, especially if you
> > have solved it, otherwise its me and a copy of regmon and filemon and a
> > wasted evening trying to solve this when i could be trying to drink the
> > local
> > pub dry instead.
> >
> > Thanks very much
>
>
>

On my Vista machine, in the Power Options

On the tasklist (Left) is:
Choose what the power button does.

I have the option to
Sleep
Hibernate
Shut Down

Guy

"podger" <podger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news7B6B1A2-DBE0-4444-89FD-2FA54C66F36A@microsoft.com...
>i have a wireless keyboard. On that keyboard is a button with a picture of
>a
> crescent moon.
>
> in windows 2000, windows xp and server 2003, i can configure that button
> in
> the power options so with 1 press it shuts down my computer (complete
> power
> off), and thats the way i like it.
>
> I go into power options and select the option "turn off my computer" in
> the
> "when i press the sleep button" drop down menu.
>
> Vista has stolen this function from me. I go into control panel and into
> the
> power options, and all i can do with the sleep button is set it to
> hibernate
> or set my computer to go to sleep mode. I have been through all the
> options
> in the advanced boxes and there is not "turn off option".
>
> If i look at the options available for the power button i have the
> shutdown
> option in there, but the shutdown option is not given as an option for the
> sleep button.
>
> i have tried using both the keyboard software rom the manufacturer, and
> microsofts intellitype, but neither make any changes, its still seen as a
> sleep button.
>
> If anyone has had anything similar please let me know, especially if you
> have solved it, otherwise its me and a copy of regmon and filemon and a
> wasted evening trying to solve this when i could be trying to drink the
> local
> pub dry instead.
>
> Thanks very much

"Guy Thomas" wrote:

> On my Vista machine, in the Power Options
>
> On the tasklist (Left) is:
> Choose what the power button does.
>
> I have the option to
> Sleep
> Hibernate
> Shut Down
>
> Guy
>

Thanks for the reply Guy.

unfortunately the button i am using is not classified as a power button, but
as a sleep button.

I have those exact same functions available for selection for my power button.

but for my sleep button i do not have the shut down option